Month: July 2016

I have a long time friend who calls himself a man of God, who practices the teachings of Jesus, and therefore views himself as a real Christian. But he hates liberals, their politics, gays, lesbians and same sex marriage. This guy hates, and negates every religion except his own. He hates progressiveness, and regards social evolution as nonsense. He demonizes any literature that isn’t Biblical, insisting that if something isn’t scripture, it isn’t true. But what this friend of mine never stops to realize is that Jesus was a lover. His whole life was about love. He preached it, and lived it. He loved unconditionally. He was broadminded. Jesus taught us that love is the way, and that we cannot survive without it. That was his message. Hatred, bigotry, and misogyny are wicked and evil. So you must either be kind, thoughtful and loving, or not. You cannot be both. No person can be so full of hate, and also of God. dwp

I was just thinking about something: Trump doesn’t only have to beat Hillary, he has to be victorious over President Obama, and Michelle, and Joe, and Bill, Tim Kaine and Michael Bloomberg, and Leon Panetta, the military, Hollywood, African Americans, and educated Caucasians, and women, Latinos, and Asians, Muslims, the media, and Jews, and the LGBT community, students, and senior citizens, musicians, the handicapped, Bernie’s movement, Black Lives Matter, mothers, the mindful, and the disadvantaged, youth, the truth, history, and especially diversity…I could be wrong, but I just don’t think he can do it. dwp

A racist is not necessarily a bad person; A racist is a person that hasn’t yet developed the skills, or the ability to see beyond a persons race. A racist is already limited, they already have shortcomings, so if you hate racism, you are not helping racism. If a person is blind, and you are unable to get past his or her inability to see, then you too are blind. There is no possibility to help a blind person see unless you can see. The way to conquer racism is to understand that it is a disability. It’s a handicap. But racism is not like other handicaps in that it not only divides the individual, it divides the whole cohesiveness of society. It tears everything that is potentially beautiful apart. Racism is against unity. But it is very tricky. Because if those who favor being together hate racists, they too will become haters. They will become what they are against. This is why Jesus said “You must love your enemy.” It sounds insane to most people because it is such a far cry to actually do it. Love your enemy? Who ever heard of such a thing? So racists aren’t all bad, what they are is unaware. So we must have compassion, because the only way to truly disarm the deaf blind or dumb is to understand the depth of their utter confusion. dwp

Being the master of your own ship does not mean you are controlling life; the mastery of life means that you are living it, and living does not mean breathing. Living means that you are accepting of life’s totality; everything and everybody. If I am not total, if I am unable to accept what is true or false, then I cannot be the master of my ship, nor the way in which it sails. dwp

When we bring to life the very best of ourselves, life brings to us the very best of itself, no matter what that includes or excludes; it is the best. The “best” however, does not mean what one wants…a lot of folks are confused about this. The best means we must trust life, understanding that if things could be different, they would be. And that as soon as things are able to be different, they will be. In other words, fighting with life is futile, and it is not the enlightened way. The right approach is to allow life to flow in as natural a manner as humanly possible. Then the best of you and the best of life merges, and the outcome is beautiful, because the best always is. dwp